Wed, Jan 3, 1973
A German corporal is found dead in the camp's parcels room. The German soldiers insist that he committed suicide and want the matter to go no further, to avoid Gestapo intervention. However Preston is convinced that the man was murdered and orders an investigation to be carried out among the camp's various contingents.
Wed, Jan 10, 1973
On hearing that his wife is leaving him for another man by whom she is pregnant, Lieutenant Ian McDonald is frantic to escape but there are no British escape plans in the pipeline. However, Grant persuades the French escape officer to let McDonald participate in their next attempt but it is a delicate operation needing split second timing and, unfortunately for Mcdonald, it ends in disaster.
Wed, Jan 17, 1973
When Ullmann complains that the prisoners' possessions are cluttering up their living space, Carter tests an escape plan using the tea chests in which their belongings are to be moved out, but falls and breaks his ankle. However his time in solitary confinement with his leg in plaster allows him to pass on information to his colleagues. Player has also devised an escape plan which, although initially not approved by the committee, is considered workable and will allow four prisoners the chance to escape.
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Wed, Jan 24, 1973
With the prisoners' band playing to provide noise cover and warn of any danger, the four men begin their escape through the kitchen window and across the courtyard, into the sewers and then on to the other side of the wall where they descend the cliff with a rope. Ullmann is aware that something is wrong but by this time the quartet are clear. Player and Peter Muir head for Nuremburg whilst Pat Grant and Carrington board a train which ultimately carries them to the Swiss border and freedom.